The Saskatchewan uranium company runs Canada’s nuclear supply chain, and that includes the reactors made by U.S.-based Westinghouse, Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel told a parliamentary committee examining the Canadian nuclear sector. Westinghouse’s Canadian ownership under Cameco and Brookfield should mean that the government treats it equally to the Candu technology stewarded by AtkinsRéalis, Gitzel said Wednesday afternoon. (The Logic)

Talking point: “Our competitors have the full support of their national governments. We don’t,” Gitzel complained, citing Canada’s recent advocacy for Candu in Poland—where Westinghouse is already supplying reactors for the country’s first nuclear plant. But it’s complicated: Pennsylvania-headquartered Westinghouse has a partnership with the U.S. government to build new nuclear plants that could see the U.S. take an ownership stake. In announcing that deal, Energy Secretary Chris Wright called Westinghouse “America’s leading nuclear company.”  

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